releases: https://moolenaar.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/moolenaar-members-request-soo-locks-funding-new-army-corps-work-plan-0
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| https://moolenaar.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/moolenaar-members-request-soo-locks-funding-new-army-corps-work-plan-0 | Moolenaar, Members Request Soo Locks Funding in New Army Corps Work Plan | 2018-10-19 | 2018 | 2018-10 | Republican | House | MI | John Moolenaar | M001194 | moolenaar.house.gov | legacy | Congressman John Moolenaar - joined by Congressman Jack Bergman, Congressman Paul Mitchell, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur of Ohio, and 24 other members of the House of Representatives -has sent a bipartisanletter to the leadership of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers requesting the Corps include $74 million forthe design and construction of a second freighter-sizedlock at the Soo Locks in its work plan for 2019. The letter is signed by 28 members of the House from Great Lakes states, including the entire Michigan delegation. A copy of the letteris attached. In the letter, the members write: "We urge you to include $74 million in the FY2019 work plan for the construction of a second Poe-sized lock...thiswill allow design efforts to resume and construction to begin one shipping season earlier with a cost savings of approximately $30 million." The 2019 Army Corps work plan is put togetherby theCorps and listsitspriorities for the coming year. The work plan must be submitted to Congress by November 20th. Construction of a second freighter-sized lock wasauthorized by Congress in recently passed legislationand inclusion of thefunding request in the 2019work plan would be a first step in making sure the project is funded in the years ahead. | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |